Villages Alive Shepherd

Quickstart

1. Gather shears, chests, oak logs, and a grass block, then craft the Shepherd Homestead Builder at a crafting table:

1. Find a flat-ish area with at least 31×31 blocks of open space.
2. Place the Shepherd Homestead Builder block on the ground while facing the direction you want the homestead to face — the shelter will be built ten blocks in front of you.
3. Stand back and watch: the area is cleared, levelled to grass, and the full homestead assembles automatically.
4. After a few seconds, Shaun the Shearer appears and gets to work. Open the chests near the shelter to collect the wool he deposits.

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Overview

Villages Alive Shepherd lets you instantly establish a living shepherd's property anywhere in your world. One crafted block triggers the full construction of a rustic open-air shelter, an oak-fence perimeter, eight named sheep, and a self-managing NPC shepherd who shears the flock and stores the wool — all without any player input after placement.

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What It Adds

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How To Use

Placing the Homestead Builder

• Stand facing the direction you want the shelter's front entrance to face.
• Place the Shepherd Homestead Builder on the ground.
• The mod clears a 31×31×20 area, levels it to grass, adds sparse vegetation outside the pen, and constructs the full shelter and perimeter automatically.
• You do not need to do anything else — construction is fully automatic.

Living with the Homestead

• Sheep roam the fenced property. You can interact with them freely. They are named and protected — they cannot be killed.
• Shaun the Shearer spawns about 5 seconds after the shelter finishes. He patrols the property with smooth, villager-like movement, locates sheep that are ready to be sheared, and shears them.
• After shearing, Shaun walks the chest route (beginning at the front-right chest) and deposits the collected wool.
• Players can open and take wool from the chests at any time.

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Abilities And Mechanics

Shaun the Shearer

• Shaun is invulnerable and cannot be killed or pushed.
• He holds shears visibly while working.
• He targets one sheep at a time, moves close, and shears it. Each sheep has a 60-second cooldown before it can be sheared again (matching Minecraft's natural wool regrowth timing).
• He follows a fixed chest route to deposit wool, starting from the front-right chest and working through all exterior chests.
• Smart chest checking: Before shearing a sheep, Shaun checks whether there is space in the route chests to store the wool. If all chests are full, he stops shearing entirely and waits. As soon as you remove wool and free up space, he automatically resumes his work.

Sheep

• All eight sheep are named and permanently protected.
• They can be interacted with by players normally (you may dye them, for example).
• Wool is white and is deposited by Shaun — players do not need to shear manually.

The Shelter & Property

• The shelter features corner oak-log supports, a full roof with under-awning fence detail, hanging copper lanterns, a flush stone-brick walkway leading to the entrance, and two water troughs inside the pen.
• The birch fence gate at the front can be opened and closed by players.
• Torches on the perimeter fence keep the property lit at night.

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Progression And Strategy

• Keep the chests emptied regularly. Shaun stops shearing when all route chests are full. The more often you collect wool, the more consistently he produces it.
• Place the homestead on a naturally flat area to get the cleanest result — the builder does level the terrain, but very dramatic slopes may leave unusual edges at the boundary.
• You can build multiple homesteads in the same world; each one operates independently with its own Shaun and flock.
• Because Shaun and the sheep are protected, you never need to worry about replacing them — the homestead is fully self-sustaining once placed.
• Use the wool output for large building projects, dye crafting, or trading — a steady passive supply accumulates quickly in the chests if you check in regularly.